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Excited Eel answered on April 8, 2023 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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"""
Fast "paste" implemented via calls to Windows internals, sends parameter
string and RETURN after that

Usage:

from paste import paste
paste("test")

"""

import time
import random
import string
from ctypes import windll
import ctypes
import win32con

def random_string(string_length=10):
    """Generate a random string of fixed length """
    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
    return ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(string_length))

ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER = 87

def paste(text_to_paste):
    """Fast "paste" using WM_SETTEXT method + Enter key"""
    current_hwnd = windll.user32.GetForegroundWindow()
    current_thread_id = windll.kernel32.GetCurrentThreadId()
    thread_process_id = windll.user32.GetWindowThreadProcessId(current_hwnd, None)
    if thread_process_id != current_thread_id:
        res = windll.user32.AttachThreadInput(thread_process_id, current_thread_id, True)
        # ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER means that the two threads are already attached.
        if res == 0 and ctypes.GetLastError() != ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
            print("WARN: could not attach thread input to thread {0} ({1})"
                .format(thread_process_id, ctypes.GetLastError()))
            return
        focus_whd = windll.user32.GetFocus()
        windll.user32.SendMessageW(focus_whd, win32con.WM_SETTEXT, None, text_to_paste)
        windll.user32.PostMessageW(focus_whd, win32con.WM_KEYDOWN, win32con.VK_RETURN, None)
        windll.user32.PostMessageW(focus_whd, win32con.WM_KEYUP, win32con.VK_RETURN, None)
        res = windll.user32.AttachThreadInput(thread_process_id, current_thread_id, True)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    time.sleep(5) # time to switch to the target
    # paste random 150 char string
    paste(random_string(150))

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